Houston Jan 2025

 EXTREMELY RARE 1825 N-5

LOT 473 1825 N-5 R6+ G5 . Sharpness near VG7, especially on the obverse, but there is fine roughness in the fields mixed with shallow pits, mostly on the reverse. The highpoints are smooth. Partly glossy light to medium steel brown. No verdigris and the only contact mark is a short line of ticks in the field under the chin. The date is strong, the attribution points are clear, and the eye appeal of this cent is not bad for the grade in spite of the imperfect surfaces. There is a clear double profile from the forehead down to the chin, the only example known to us with this feature (caused by die shift or “machine doubling”). This is one of only 17 examples known, and most of those are in very low grade. The finest is graded net F12. An acceptable example of one of the rarest varieties in the Middle Date Cent series (1816-1839). Noyes graded G6 net G5, his photo #63117.

Ex Thomas D. Reynolds 5/2017-Al Nelson Collection (includes the Reynolds sales envelope)

LOT 474 1825 N-6 R3 EF40 . Five points sharper but there are faint hairlines in the obverse fields on an otherwise beautiful cent. Glossy medium chocolate brown. Smooth and sharply struck with minor contact marks including a dull nick on the rim left of star 2 and a very tiny rim bruise at the bottom of the reverse. EDS, Grellman state a, with no die cracks, but the always-present die rust at TE in STATES is clear.

LOT 475 1825 N-7 R3 Repunched 5 VF25 . Ten points sharper but dark olive brown and steel with uniform microscopic roughness in the fields. No verdigris; a fine scratch from the chin to under star 3 is the only notable mark. M-LDS, Grellman state g, with extensive crumbling at the dentils on the obverse and a fine die crack into the field from the forehead. The repunching on the 5 is clear.

Ex J. J. Teaparty 7/15/1996-Chris McCawley 3/8/2002-John Pijewski-Rodney C. Burress-Al Nelson Collection (includes the Burress sales envelope)

Ex Frisco Mint 3/3/2023-Al Nelson Collection

127 Photos of all lots can be found at www.earlycentsauctions.com